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Originally Posted by Selva
well if you can find one, get a front crossmember off a XG Ute (4L EB/D motor) so you can use the motor out of a EA - AU Falcon, and turbo that instead, the push rods in the X Series are fairly weak and have a tendancy to bend, and OHC is much better anyway... or you could be uber cool and get an XE V8 and replace the boat anchor cleveland and put a nice windsor motor in... say for instance a nice Winsor 351 (stroke 302) with 302 heads to give more compression and a nice holley 440 carb... you can get 500+ out of a 351 winsor... my dad's mate has a Mach1 Mustang Fast back with a winsor 351 putting out 550 atw... 345/15 tyres dont last long at all :P... but sideways at 140kph, that's a bit hairy...
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Im sticking with the X-Flow 250. Ive read all about the 4.0L conversions and at one stage I was tempted but I really, REALLY HATE THEM. Everyone ive known thats owned one has blown a head gasket (one of which I had to change) and I find them boring to drive.
I really like the X-Flow 250. I grew up learning on that engine, so I guess its always going to be a favorite of mine. Sure its probably the most fault prone engine of all the cars ive got, but it always has got me home. There isnt anything in it that you cant fix with cable ties, a screwdriver, a roll of electrical tape and a 13mm spanner. If anything goes wrong I know where to look. If the engine dies and the tacho reads zero, the coil wire has fallen off. If it idles high and splutters on decelleration then the mixuture adjuster on the LPG has wobbled out of adjustment.
I have so many fond memories of fixing that engine in the field too. At strath one day I got out to refuel and I noticed a pool a water running past me. Radiator hose had cracked. Out with the electrical tape, taped it up, left the radiator cap off and it got me home. Also one night it was pouring with rain, really late, got in the car about 100km from home and drove off. Ignition coil packed up a few seconds later, ran on about 4 cylinders while backfiring on the other 2. Still got me home. Numerous times I have filled it up with LPG in the servo and the car hasnt started up after (and there ALWAYS was a queue behind me) so ive had to push it into a car park. Noone has ever helped me push it either. Ive always got it going again though. That car and that engine are like an adventure to me, I look foward to driving it and waiting for what next will go wrong.
The FE3 is just boring in comparison. Nothing ever goes wrong.